The most infamous incident involving the yankees and facial hair happened in 1991.
Don mattingly yankees hair.
No not the veteran mattingly for he d been benched by manager stump merrill.
Although steinbrenner was suspended the yankee management ordered don mattingly who was then sporting a longish or mullet like hair style to get a hair cut.
Miami marlins manager don mattingly celebrates with the team in clinching a playoff berth after their win in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the new york yankees at yankee stadium.
Yesterday the yankees asked mattingly to get a haircut and he said the same thing.
Don mattingly openly defied the yankees management s requests for him to cut his hair.
Which players pushed back and rocked the stache the best.
When mattingly refused he was benched.
The problem wasn t his offense.
He is commonly cited as the best yankee player to have never played in a world series.
Yankee management ordered don mattingly to get a hair cut who was sporting a mullet like hair style.
Don mattingly s number 23 was retired by the new york yankees in 1997.
Mattingly sported a 305 batting average heading into the day.
Mattingly finished his career with 2 153 hits 222 home runs 1 007 runs scored 1 099 rbi and a 307 lifetime average.
On august 15 1991 the yankees beat the royals 5 1 with shooting star kevin maas at first base and not the team s normal first baseman don mattingly.
Don mattingly the team s best player asked the yankees to trade him two months ago and they said nothing doing.
The new york yankees allow no facial hair below the upper lip.